Bennita Ciu

“ The Paradoxical Commandments

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”
― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council

“Ever morning, until you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision. You gone have to ask yourself, "Am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Help

“Ugly live up on the inside. Ugly be a hurtful, mean person.”
― Kathryn Stockett, The Help

“Kelak, kalau kau jatuh cinta pada seorang laki-laki, kau harus mengumpulkan beratus-ratus pertanyaan yang harus kausimpan. Jangan pernah ada orang lain tahu bahwa kau sedang menguji dirimu apakah kau memilki cinta yang sesungguhnya atau sebaliknya. Bila kau bisa menjawab beratus-ratus pertanyaan itu, kau mulai memasuki tahap berikutnya. Apa untungnya laki-laki itu untukmu? Kau harus berani menjawabnya. Kau harus yakin dengan kesimpulan-kesimpulan yang kaumunculkan sendiri. Setelah itu, endapkan! Biarkan jawaban-jawaban dari ratusan pertanyaanmu itu menguasai otakmu. Jangan pernah menikah hanya karena kebutuhan atau dipaksa oleh sistem. Menikahlah kau dengan laki-laki yang mampu memberimu ketenangan, cinta, dan kasih. Yakinkan dirimu bahwa kau memang memerlukan laki-laki itu dalam hidupmu. Kalau kau tak yakin, jangan coba-coba mengambil risiko.”
― Oka Rusmini, Tarian Bumi